Clothesline reel



F. 1-. SCHAPE'R. CLOTHESUNE REEL. APPLICATIQN men SEPT. 1, 1921.

Patented June 13, 1922.

FRED J. SCI-IAPER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,

CLOTHESLIN E REEL.

Application filed September T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED J. SCHAPER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Clothesline Reels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes line reels and more particularly to a simple and efficient apparatus for winding a quantity of clothes line within a minimum space.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a neatly constructed apparatus which may be sold at a small cost and which may be readily operated by a winding crank operable in conjunction with the reel.

()ther objects of the invention will appear upon consideration of the following detail description and accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the device constructed in accordance with my invention,

Figure 2 is a side elevation, and

Figure 3 is a detail taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing by numerals the central winding shaft 1 is provided at each end with a circular disk 2 which may be of any diameter. The shaft 1 extends through the center of each disk so that the clothes line may be wound upon the shaft 1 between the disk 2, the latter serving as guide flanges to retain the clothes line be tween the disks while it is being wound. One end of the shaft is shaped to form a crank 3 having a handle 4 at its end whereby the operator may grasp the handle to manually rotate the shaft 1.

The disks 2 are braced by the brace rods 5 which extend between the two disks and serve to brace the same so that a rigid frame work will result, A handle structure consists of a yoke member 6 having radially extending arms 7 prowided with eyelets 8 at their terminals which serve as bearings for the end of the shaft 1. The shaft 1 extends Specification of Letters Patent. Patent d J 13 1922s 1, 1921. Serial No. 497,536.

through these bearings so that it may be readlly rotated therein. The portions 7 are secured to the disks 2 by passing them through slots 9 formed in the disks, the materlal adjacent the slots being bent outwardly as indicated at 10 in Fig. 3 to effectively hold the handle structure to the disk. A hand grip member 11 is secured to the yoke member whereby the user may hold the reel while it is in use.

When a clothes line is being wound, one end will be secured to the shaft 1 while the operator will grip the handle 11 in one hand and turn the crank 8 with the other hand thus winding the shaft 1 and causing the clothes line to be wound upon the shaft between the disks 2. Since the disks may be of any diameter it will be obvious that the quantity of clothes line wound upon the shaft will be governed only by the size of the structure.

Minor changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

What is claimed is A device of the character described comprising a central shaft having a crank at one end, a circular disk mounted at each end of the shaft, rods connecting the disks to rigidly maintain them in proper spaced relatlon, a yoke member having radially projecting portions equipped with eyelets at their terminals forming hearings to receive the ends of the shaft, and a handle structure for the said yoke member each disk being provided with slots, the material adjacent the slots being pressed outwardly to form loops for receiving portions of the said yoke member whereby the latter may be rigidly secured to the said disk.

In testimony whereof, I have affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRED J. SOHAPER.

Vfitnesses:

CHAs. E. SCHAPER, CHAS. KENDAL. 

